M2 Carbine fired in the United States. A man holds M1 and M2 Carbine. A lever on M2 that makes it different from the M1. A man fires M2 carbine as he pulls the trigger. Lever being moved forward and M2 is automatically operated. Magazine used for the M2 Carbine. An operating model of M2 Carbine. A lever being fitted on the crank pin. Trigger being squeezed to demonstrate the mechanism of the new M 2 Carbine. A man pulls th lever. Slide of the operating model moves down. Selector being fitted on crank pin. A man demonstrates the automatic and semi automatic mechanism of the M 2 Carbine. A man fires the Carbine. (World War II period).
Terrier, an American surface to air missile in the United states. A Terrier missile being launched from a cement structure. Missile takes off leaving behind a fiery flare. Missile moves upwards and zig zags through the sky. Terrier being launched from the left arm of the launcher. Missile climbs up steeply.
LZ 129 Hindenburg airship in flight over New York City, United States. Nazi German swastika emblem on tail fins on Hindenburg as seen from a biplane in flight. Aerial view, of coastal area of New Jersey, seen from biplane. Hindenburg in flight below biplane. Hindenburg in flight over open field in New Jersey.
Construction activity at a U.S. military base in arctic. Surveyor at work. Bulldozer in operation. Crane lifting buckets of concrete for foundations. Crane bucket is heated over a fire. Many established buildings seen in background. Workers fill bucket with concrete from large trailer. Ships in harbor, with snow covered hills behind. in water. Snow capped mountains. Clouds settled over mountains. Dock area. Buildings on base of mountains. (World War II period).
Clock on stand shows time. Map of Europe with flames of war sweeping over it. Two men seated in office. A family sits at dinner table in home. Two men in a news broadcast studio. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress during World War II. Clock pendulum swings. Views of American heavy industry: steel making and power lines crossing the country. General Electric factories, all over the United States and thousands of company employees. Close view of GE worker standing. View of machinist's hands, as he stops a lathe and uses micrometer to check dimension of piece being turned. Workers punching a time clock. View of night shift at work.in a defense plant.
Equipment like transformers, switchboards, switch gear, motors and turbines are manufactured in General Electric industries of U.S. War production workers work with equipment in a General Electric Plant. Industrial equipment being operated in factories, producing goods needed for the war effort in World War 2. Stacks emit smoke. A General Electric worker returns home after work. General Electric factory seen in the background as the worker climbs a hill. He looks out over the General Electric factory area. Close up view of the American worker standing with his lunchbox under his arm, as narrator describes his important contribution to the war materiel production effort, with the man's work clothing being akin to a military uniform.
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